While Elijah’s Cup is the 5th untouched cup of wine, Miriam’s Cup is for water from each guest’s cup to celebrate the crossing of the Sea of Reeds. It was said that Moses’ sister lead the women in dance and song with tambourines when they safely reached the other side. In the spirit of Passover …
Tag: Class Projects
Museum Adventures took Lauren Pohl, founder of Kidz Central Station, on a tour for 4-5’s to visit a list of artists tailored to young learners: Rosenquist, Yves Tinguely, Roy Lichtenstein and Ellsworth Kelly. In just one tour (at the Metropolitan Museum of Art), we learned about advertising, color and everyday objects (Rosenquist), discovered lines in …
Cold dreary days looking out of my window inspired the use of vellum and a basic color-mixing lesson using copies of his animals to draw or trace, color and overlay with colorful blues, pinks and yellows to make the secondary colors… Hey color aficionados- Why is it you can still make a rainbow with pink?! …
Visiting artist Gosha (http://www.FineArtsandYoga.com) taught us so much about what it means to be Sanguin, Choleric, Melancholic and Phlegmatic- very new concepts to all of us! Each one is different, has a different color and how each difference relates to physical traits in the face. Our students were able to try the Blue and Green- …
While learning about color mixing, 3-8 year-olds have fun constructing colorful stuffed “Soft Sculptures.” See slideshow:
Can’t wait to share this with our 3-5’s today! Basic lines may seem rather basic and unimportant to focus on, however, recognizing and purposefully implementing them into desired outcomes is really the key to any drawing.
Takashi Murikami provided us with a multitude of learning opportunities! Takashi Murikami is from Japan. He loves “Superflat,” a word he made up! It means colors and shapes look flat on a page, not round. In this piece of art, we made Superflat go 3D: With a sphere… but the only way you can tell …
In our Venice Mini-Set Building Parent-Child Workshop Saturday, students learned exactly that. Artist Cliff Gokenbach showed us how… Check out the slideshow below, to see how it was done. Some students are already working on their next city dioramas at home! (We love it when parents become learners with their children:) Way to go Mariella! …